cosmodyseeus wrote:Someone told me you don't need to know much spanish to speak english in South America is this true?

As pointed out in the Elqui Valley the towns are very small and many of the occupants already speak English of some form or other and the rest can’t afford lessons so they just hang around English speakers learning the language by osmosis. The first town of any size is La Serena on the coast.

I’m up there early next week looking at a vineyard. I’ll let you know what’s happening, our winegrower lives in the valley.

Inasmuch as the title of the thread is “Teaching english,” I’d venture to say that the thrust of the inquiry is about what it takes to teach “english.” I’m not sure about that, but I do know that to teach English—a well-known language—one needs to know it to the point of being aware that the name of the language is capitalized, as are other proper names. Furthermore, it is also necessary to know where to place commas and additional punctuation marks, to say the least.

On the other hand, perhaps “english” doesn’t require one to bother with so many details. Probably “you don't need to know much spanish,” either.

El Zorro wrote:Inasmuch as the title of the thread is “Teaching english,” I’d venture to say that the thrust of the inquiry is about what it takes to teach “english.” I’m not sure about that, but I do know that to teach English—a well-known language—one needs to know it to the point of being aware that the name of the language is capitalized, as are other proper names. Furthermore, it is also necessary to know where to place commas and additional punctuation marks, to say the least.

On the other hand, perhaps “english” doesn’t require one to bother with so many details. Probably “you don't need to know much spanish,” either.

cosmodyseeus wrote:Someone told me you don't need to know much spanish to speak english in South America is this true?

As pointed out in the Elqui Valley the towns are very small and many of the occupants already speak English of some form or other and the rest can’t afford lessons so they just hang around English speakers learning the language by osmosis. The first town of any size is La Serena on the coast.

I’m up there early next week looking at a vineyard. I’ll let you know what’s happening, our winegrower lives in the valley.

Yes please any information on La Serena the better especially about yes, jobs, but also the layout, and the surrounding countryside if such exists and pretty much whatever you got, thank you

cosmodyseeus wrote:Someone told me you don't need to know much spanish to speak english in South America is this true?

As pointed out in the Elqui Valley the towns are very small and many of the occupants already speak English of some form or other and the rest can’t afford lessons so they just hang around English speakers learning the language by osmosis. The first town of any size is La Serena on the coast.

I’m up there early next week looking at a vineyard. I’ll let you know what’s happening, our winegrower lives in the valley.

Yes please any information on La Serena the better especially about yes, jobs, but also the layout, and the surrounding countryside if such exists and pretty much whatever you got, thank you

Google Earth will show you the strip of green in the middle of all the shades of brown.

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